No one likes being manipulated but oftentimes we do it without thinking about it. Our parents taught us guilt like it’s a tool but in reality that isn’t right. Let me tell you my perception of it. The Story. Was serving a customer a bit back and he offered to buy me…

An odd thing about human nature is how we all have the desire to feel important. What I find is, sometimes this manifests itself in very strange ways. …

Was relaxing with an old mentor of mine a few years back. I just happened to ask about how his wife was. He casually replied “oh she is well. She just moved out a few weeks ago and took my son with her.” Me being caught completely off guard by…

People have forgotten what it is like to be a child. To just lay down on the grass, looking up into the clouds and the stars and wondering what it would be like to be amongst them. I heard a guy at my day job once say, “The dream is…

A country boy meets his Worldly Uncle I think everyone has members of their family they like more than others. Also, if you are really lucky you may have someone you can look up to as well. Growing up, the person whom I looked up to and I really liked was my Uncle LG. When I met…

“Thanks Momma. I’m so happy I made it!” It’s what I heard my roommate say as he was on the phone. We both just finished the Navy’s version of boot camp and now we were at the next phase. They put us in a school of sorts so we could…

My advice on online “Gurus" It's one thing to study war and another to live the warrior's life. -Telamon of Arcadia Something that really bugs me about today's world is the amount of people calling themselves coaches. On a quick scroll through social media, people will tell you every secret…

The Incident. The story starts off a few years ago. I was working as an electrician and I had a lady that reported to me and wasn’t a fully qualified electrician or otherwise known as a journeyman. Regardless, she does what she can and she was a great asset to the crew…

How a Kanye West performance changed my life — The Performance It was about 10 years ago when I was sitting at and home cruising through the channels. Back in those days “channel surfing” was how I passed the time. I decided randomly to turn to MTV and the “MTV Video Music Awards” happened to be on. Being that I had…